Medicine: Athlete's Foot

One widely touted "cure" for athlete's foot should not be sold to the
public, announced the Food & Drug Administration. Reason: this
particular mixture, composed of camphor and phenol (carbolic acid) "is
capable of producing necrosis [gangrene] and is too dangerous for
indiscriminate use." According to the Administration, phenol-camphor
should be sold only on a physician's prescription, must be labeled
POISON, and be plastered with warnings, instructions, first-aid
directions in case of accident.

To combat athlete's foot (dermatophytosis)the itch caused by the
toe-burrowing fungi dermatophytes which infest locker rooms and
swimming poolsthere are at least a hundred bland salves and powders...